• Play isn’t an activity, it’s an attitude

  • May 15 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
  • Podcast

Play isn’t an activity, it’s an attitude

  • Summary

  • Start a conversation with, “do you think a hotdog is a sandwich?” and see the playful reaction. 

    Catherine Price is an advocate of bringing people together in a playful manner whether it’s a conversation with a stranger, a dinner party, at work or even Zoom.

    Catherine helps people scroll less, live more, and have fun. 

    She is a science journalist, speaker, teacher, consultant, and the author of several. 

    Catherine is also the founder of ScreenLifeBalance.com, a resource hub dedicated to helping people create more intentional relationships with technology and reconnect with what really matters to them in life. 

    Things to consider

    • Create deeper and engaging conversations with people by asking more interesting openers
    • Bantering with people is a form of play
    • There's often an assumption that only certain activities qualify as play.
    • Play and fun aren’t an activity they are an attitude or a feeling
    • Fun and playfulness actually bring us closer together  as human beings.
    • If you do have to use willpower to keep doing some activity that's being marketed to you as play, then it's not play anymore.
    • Fun is any moment when three states coincide; playfulness, and connection and flow. This can definitely happen at work. Even on Zoom!
    • Rules and structure can give people permission to be playful in an unexpected context.

    Links

    • Catherine Price Website
    • The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
    • The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again, by Catherine Price
    • How to Break Up With Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life, by Catherine Price
    • Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food, by Catherine Price

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